2019 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsKent (8th title)
Participants35
Most runsSophia Dunkley (451)
Most wicketsKatie Thompson (15)
Natalie Rowbottom (15)
Rebecca Silk (15)
Beth Langston (15)

The 2019 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 23rd cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from late April to the beginning of June and saw 32 county teams and teams representing Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division with Yorkshire finishing runners-up. This is the record eighth Championship for Kent.

The tournament was followed by the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup and then by the 2019 Women's Cricket Super League, a professional tournament competed for by franchise teams.

Competition format

Teams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned County Champions. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side.[1]

The championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:[2]

Win: 10 points + bonus points.
Tie: 5 points + bonus points.
Loss: Bonus points.
Abandoned: 5 points.
Cancelled: Match not counted to average.
Conceded: -5 points for the side conceding, 18 points for their opponent.

Bonus points are collected for batting and bowling.[2] The bonus points for each match are retained if the match is completed.

Teams

The 2019 Championship was divided into three divisions: Division One and Division Two with eight teams each, and Division Three with 19 teams divided into three groups of six or five teams. Teams in all divisions played each other once.

Division One Hampshire Kent Lancashire Nottinghamshire Surrey Sussex Warwickshire Yorkshire
Division Two Berkshire Devon Durham Essex Middlesex Somerset Wales Worcestershire
Division Three – Group A Cumbria Derbyshire Leicestershire and Rutland Lincolnshire Northumberland Scotland Staffordshire
Division Three – Group B Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Hertfordshire Netherlands Norfolk Northamptonshire Suffolk
Division Three – Group C Buckinghamshire Cornwall Dorset Gloucestershire Oxfordshire Wiltshire

Division One

Team Pld W L T A C Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Kent (C) 76100023230106
Yorkshire 7520002023093
Sussex 7430001926085
Lancashire 7430002418082
Hampshire 7340002327080
Nottinghamshire 7340002322075
Surrey (R) 7250002019059
Warwickshire (R) 7160002218050
As of 2 June 2019 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[3]

Division Two

Team Pld W L T A C Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Middlesex (P) 75110024230102
Berkshire (P) 7510101924098
Essex 7520001924094
Devon 7420101920084
Wales 7331002320078
Worcestershire 7250001419053
Somerset (R) 7160001924053
Durham (R) 7160001917046
As of 14 July 2019 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[4]

Division Three

Group A

Team Pld W L T A Ca Co Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Staffordshire (P) 660000022240106
Derbyshire 65100001616090
Leicestershire and Rutland 64200001923082
Lincolnshire 62400001219051
Cumbria 6230010149043
Scotland 61500001413037
Northumberland 60400116708
As of 2 June 2019 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[5]

Group B

Team Pld W L T A C Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Northamptonshire (P) 5500001818086
Netherlands 5320001814062
Norfolk 5320001512057
Hertfordshire 5230001314047
Suffolk 5230001411045
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire 50500095014
As of 27 May 2019 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[6]

Group C

Team Pld W L T A C Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Oxfordshire (P) 5500002020090
Buckinghamshire 5410001515070
Cornwall 5220101114050
Gloucestershire 5230001614050
Dorset 513010510030
Wiltshire 50500086014
As of 27 May 2019 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[7]

Statistics

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Sophia Dunkley Middlesex 6 6 451 112.75 138 2 3
Heather Knight Berkshire 4 4 403 134.33 159* 2 1
Bryony Smith Surrey 6 6 347 57.83 106 1 2
Amy Jones Warwickshire 6 6 302 60.40 101* 1 2
Rachel Priest Wales 7 7 282 40.28 84 0 3

Source: CricketArchive[8]

Most wickets

Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Katie Thompson Yorkshire 329 15 8.40 3/15 0
Natalie Rowbottom Lincolnshire 312 15 10.20 6/18 1
Rebecca Silk Devon 334 15 11.20 5/12 1
Beth Langston Yorkshire 348 15 13.00 5/8 1
Mollie Robbins Gloucestershire 252 14 10.71 5/19 1

Source: CricketArchive[9]

References

  1. ↑ Royal London Women's County One-Day Championship & Vitality Women's County T20. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 Royal London Women's County One-Day Championship
  3. ↑ Division 1 – 2019, Play-Cricket.
  4. ↑ Division 2 – 2019, Play-Cricket.
  5. ↑ Division 3 – Group A – 2019, Play-Cricket.
  6. ↑ Division 3 – Group B – 2019, Play-Cricket.
  7. ↑ Division 3 – Group C – 2019, Play-Cricket.
  8. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Bowling in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
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